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Friday, May 13, 2016

Scott Adkins And Marko Zaror Team Up To Pummel Dudes In 'Savage Dog'

If you haven’t had any good news yet today (that Michael B. Jordan/Black Panther news is pretty sweet), don’t worry, I
have some for you. Two of the baddest dudes currently working in movies, ScottAdkins and Marko Zaror, are getting back together for a movie called
Savage Dog. There’s not actually much more to tell, but god
damn, isn’t that enough for you?

As the devotee of the cinema of ass-kicking that I know you
are, you are well aware that this marks the second time Scott Adkins and Marko
Zaror have teamed up. The first was way back when in 2010’s Undisputed
3, though the two have managed to stay busy pummeling goons in the
likes of Ninja 2: Shadow of a Tear (Adkins) and
Redeemer (Zaror, the photo at the top of this website just
so happens to currently be a still from that bit of badassery).

According to Twitch, Savage Dog is at the
Cannes Film Festival drumming up sales, and will reportedly shoot this June
under the watchful eye of Jesse V. Johnson. Though he has a handful of
low-budget actioners under his belt as a director, he is best known for his
stunt work in a wide range of titles from Lincoln to
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 to Total Recall,
the original Total Recall, and a crap ton more.

Also coming to the Savage Dog party is
Juju Chan, who, if you’re not familiar with, you should start getting
acquainted. Her biggest role to date was in Netflix’s Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, but the New York-born actress is
also a Muay Thai champ, Tae Kwon Do black belt, and has been making a name for
herself in Hong Kong as the next great female action star, which sounds
promising. And she’s proficient in double nunchakus. That never hurts.

Check out the sales art for Savage Dog
from Cannes.

There’s that tagline: “A Bold, Non-Stop Action Epic Unlike
Any Other.” I like the sound of that.

The poster also indicates that the film is set in Indochina
in 1959. While that doesn’t reveal any specifics, it could provide some hints.
Given that the region is home to countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos,
Thailand, and Myanmar, that may give us a few clues. Also, 1959 was when things
started getting hectic in the area leading up to the Vietnam War. It’s entirely
possible that could come into play in some capacity.

While this doesn’t deliver a ton of concrete information, it
does offer up a slew of intriguing possible directions. But mostly Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, and Juju Chan. That’s all you needed to tell me about
Savage Dog. If that’s not enough for you, I don’t even know
why we’re still friends.